January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

Just now, CoastalWx said:

Yeah, silly me for not thinking 100” in 3 weeks wasn’t going to happen in 2015.

True but everyone remembers James stealing your degree for the Jan 15 blizzard. 
 

#wewillneverforget

[ORH_wxman]

2 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

I disagree. It’s been a much Different hemispheric look. We have plenty of cold available but can’t seem to get anything more than a “couple” droplets of qpf to slam into it.

Last year was sneaky cold too (compared to recent winters anyway), though not nearly as cold as this one has been. Both winters have featured a dearth of big systems. It’s just been a lot of dryness. 

[CoastalWx]

1 minute ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

True but everyone remembers James stealing your degree for the Jan 15 blizzard. 
 

#wewillneverforget

95/100 times that would not happen. RIP James. He started an epic period. 

[WxWatcher007]

1 hour ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

You know a winter blows when an airmass starts being coveted and referred to as a "big dog".

I like all aspects of winter. Cold, snow, ice, even the annual thaw as long as it’s not extended fall. Until winter becomes irredeemable.

We’re not quite there yet in SNE but it’s getting bad to be sure. 

15 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

What’s sad is that SNE will have less than a few inches of snow this month through Jan 20th. 

It’s becoming put up or shut up time. Need to be in striking distance of climo by the end of January since I think we’re probably relying on a February SSW to extend winter chances into March. 

[Spanks45]

27 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

If the pattern sets up right and things align correctly, we may not have to worry about melting anything within a few days but we'll have to see what happens moving through the first week of February. A bit more in the way of uncertainty in this respect. At least the incoming cold is setting the stage, now we just have to hope the show delivers. 

We had a January thaw, right on cue...but it came and left this disaster, hopefully we can work on it some more before the arctic revisits the area. Makes for taking the dog out at night quite the adventure.

[DavisStraight]

2 minutes ago, Spanks45 said:

We had a January thaw, right on cue...but it came and left this disaster, hopefully we can work on it some more before the arctic revisits the area. Makes for taking the dog out at night quite the adventure.

My yards the same, the dog has been slipping and sliding.

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

47 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

We should start a "county thread".....where they can virtually gather and complete the circle of prostate massage while viewing the pictures.

I legit laughed at this. I love the defense of this winter when pictures of a rural access road in far northern Maine has a foot of snow on it. Like wow, I had no idea, I’m totally sold, this winter rules 

[Typhoon Tip]

47 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

I didn't really think it was that big of a deal  

I said final few weeks of the month..so then just replace few with couple. It's not like I said it with one full week left to go. 

I was just given you shit - I knew what you meant, and actually don't really care other than hopefully succeeding in being an annoying word Karen lol

[weatherwiz]

5 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

I was just given you shit - I knew what you meant, and actually don't really care other than hopefully succeeding in being an annoying word Karen lol

I kind of figured you were haha. It was pretty entertaining though watching that blow up for a bit lol 

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 hour ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Man, that PV just sits over Hudson Bay.....I absolutely nailed this month, aside from the minor detail that it won't snow in SNE-at all.

More snow in November than January?

[Chrisrotary12]

1 minute ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

More snow in November than January?

Crap…. First October and now November snow is a kiss of death

[WinterWolf]

14 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

I legit laughed at this. I love the defense of this winter when pictures of a rural access road in far northern Maine has a foot of snow on it. Like wow, I had no idea, I’m totally sold, this winter rules 

Nobody is or was defending anything. Man, you are one miserable individual. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

46 minutes ago, George001 said:

It’s very similar to last year. 

Except even the Gulf coast is porked.

[ORH_wxman]

Just now, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Except even the Gulf coast is porked.

Give it a couple weeks. We’ll get the inevitable Biloxi, MS blizzard warning while we have a thread for -15F low temps. 

[Kitz Craver]

Obviously know one knows(hehehe) what will happen for the rest of January. But it looks rather dry. I do know you can’t punt the entire month and still score a decent grade. Vibes dwindling.

[Damage In Tolland]

Wonder when we start to see fires starting with no qpf thru months end and such cold dry windy conditions. It’s bound to start 

[Sey-Mour Snow]

1 minute ago, Kitz Craver said:

Obviously know one knows(hehehe) what will happen for the rest of January. But it looks rather dry. I do know you can’t punt the entire month and still score a decent grade. Vibes dwindling.

The final week of January doesn’t look dry.  

[Ginx snewx]

2 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

The final week of January doesn’t look dry.  

Our favorite day Jan 27th.

[40/70 Benchmark]

2 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

The final week of January doesn’t look dry.  

Sey-Less Snow

It would do wonders to lift board spirit if you did the name-change.

 

[WinterWolf]

5 minutes ago, Kitz Craver said:

Obviously know one knows(hehehe) what will happen for the rest of January. But it looks rather dry. I do know you can’t punt the entire month and still score a decent grade. Vibes dwindling.

Well good thing we have 2.75 weeks left to the month. 

[Kitz Craver]

3 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

The final week of January doesn’t look dry.  

That has been the prevailing theme however and I did give a proper wolfie caveat of “know one knows” so…

[WinterWolf]

5 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Wonder when we start to see fires starting with no qpf thru months end and such cold dry windy conditions. It’s bound to start 

Lmao…and if they did(which they won’t), the water would freeze before it hit the fire/ground. Epic disasters incoming.  

[40/70 Benchmark]

1 minute ago, WinterWolf said:

Well good thing we have 2.75 weeks left to the month. 

Yep, several weeks left in January.

[WinterWolf]

Just now, Kitz Craver said:

That has been the prevailing theme however and I did give a proper wolfie caveat of “know one knows” so…

I caught that..thank you .

[WinterWolf]

Just now, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Yep, several weeks left in January.

[Sey-Mour Snow]

4 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Sey-Less Snow

It would do wonders to lift board spirit if you did the name-change.

 

Let’s do it! Sey-Less snow or “Sey-Mour snow than Methuen”

[Kitz Craver]

I mean better hope something goes right from the 20th on, it’s precarious anyway in SNE being a gradient set up with haves and have nots. 

[WinterWolf]

We all get it…we got the cold and now the moisture is hard to find.  Shit happens. It’s frustrating, but we have the heart of the season coming up, so the moisture could come as the EPS is showing currently.  Hope so. 

[weatherwiz]

I wouldn't totally throw in the towel on the 20th yet...it's still a week out and we've seen some swings with the evolution of that shortwave digging in around that period. It's really not that far off from producing something. I would give this another 3 days or so before totally writing it off. And beyond that, with that Arctic front as advertised...there will almost certainly be some significant winter weather produced by that...we just have to hope we end up in the spot. There is no way to definitively lean one way or another right now so all we can do is assess

[CoastalWx]

15 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Well good thing we have 2.75 weeks left to the month. 

And less than 2.75” of snow?